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This is the only book you will need to achieve your peak running performance and perform your best on race day.
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Whether you are a competitive or a recreational runner, the Runner’s World Guide to Road Racing is a must-have book to help you prepare for and perform your best on race day. It is packed with advice on training, nutrition, and injury rehabilitation and prevention as well as other invaluable information to help readers achieve their peak running performance. Featuring distance-specific training programmes, eating plans, race-day strategies and advice on achieving the optimal mental state for competition, the book is designed to suit runners of all experience levels. Whether you are a beginner who is starting from scratch, or have been running for years, you can use this book safe in the knowledge that every tip, instruction and recommendation included has been tried and tested by the experts at Runner’s World.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Really helpful book. Easily laid out. Clear and useful guidance. Not americanised like other running guides. I would call myself an intermediate runner and I bought 'Guide to Road Racing' mid-way through training for my first half marathon. I immediately read it cover to cover and found it both interesting and enjoyable, picking up hints and tips on nutrition, recovery, stretching etc. I have since referred back to specific sections for guidance. At the same time I bought other running books but found this to be far superior.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Disappointing: Disorganized Article Reprints
13 April 2008
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Easily the most disappointing running book I have owned. The title and publisher would lead one to believe this is a real guide to running faster and competing; what this book actually feels like is an attempt to recycle miscellaneous Runners World articles in a somewhat organized format. Less than half the book is devoted to road racing; most of it is devoted to pictures of someone stretching and doing strengthening exercises, miscellaneous recipes, and the like. For anyone who really wants advice on racing, try Pfitzinger, Higdon or Glover.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Running Guide
29 April 2008
If you are looking for a comprehensive book that covers everything you wanted to know about running, this one stands out. This books relies quite a bit of past articles in Runner's World but if you have not read this magazine recently, almost everything in this book would seemed new to you. My only wish is that Katie shared more of her running experience. That would make the book more personal and not read like another Runner's World compilation.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Good, but some information missing
13 July 2010
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I bought this book because I am preparing for a fall marathon (my third), and I have twice fallen short of my goal of breaking 5 hours. Runner's World magazine recently ran an article about how to reach your marathon time goal, and they profiled a runner very similar to myself. I contacted this runner and she told me that she was using the plan on page 63 of this book for her race this fall. I bought a copy and am planning to do the same thing myself.
This book is loaded with great information for all distances from the 5K to the marathon. I feel, however, that it falls short in leaving some questions unanswered, particularly regarding training paces. For instance, in weeks 8 and 9 of the intermediate marathon plan, there are two runs marked "4 x 1 mile", but it gives no indication of what pace to use. On most other runs, the pace is clearly defined. Another place where I feel the book falls short is on defining the pace for the long run, but I finally found that information much further along in the book.
It seems that the book has some information divided up by the type of race and level of runner, but other information is somewhat universal, and there isn't a clear distinction between the two. I think a person will have to refer to other resources in order to get a complete picture of the training plan, which is what I have done.
Incidentally, I did try to contact the author at her [...] address, and she did not reply to my message. I will be trying again soon, as the runs with no pace are approaching in about two weeks.
This book is loaded with great information for all distances from the 5K to the marathon. I feel, however, that it falls short in leaving some questions unanswered, particularly regarding training paces. For instance, in weeks 8 and 9 of the intermediate marathon plan, there are two runs marked "4 x 1 mile", but it gives no indication of what pace to use. On most other runs, the pace is clearly defined. Another place where I feel the book falls short is on defining the pace for the long run, but I finally found that information much further along in the book.
It seems that the book has some information divided up by the type of race and level of runner, but other information is somewhat universal, and there isn't a clear distinction between the two. I think a person will have to refer to other resources in order to get a complete picture of the training plan, which is what I have done.
Incidentally, I did try to contact the author at her [...] address, and she did not reply to my message. I will be trying again soon, as the runs with no pace are approaching in about two weeks.
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